Inadequate
Inadequate adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.
Missing and inadequate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Missing" instead an adjective "Inadequate".
Nearby Words: inadequacy, inadequately
Missing
Missing adjective - Not present or in evidence.
Usage example: any sense of how real people talk and act is missing from this novel
Inadequate and missing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Inadequate" instead an adjective "Missing".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- short and inadequate
- short and missing
- defective and inadequate
- defective and missing
- insubstantial and inadequate
- insubstantial and missing
- scanty and inadequate
- scanty and missing
- shy and inadequate
- shy and missing
- failing and inadequate
- failing and missing
- wanting and inadequate
- wanting and missing
Both words in one sentence
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Can it be, then, that the missing infants were eliminated because they had turned out to be somehow inadequate, and were not the true children of that midnight hour?
Source: Contrived Coincidence -
On the same morning the attack takes place, Alison responds to the news that school is cancelled with delight at the thought of missing a history test and Michael says of his family's woefully inadequate shelter:We'll be able to sleep in it.
Source: Film / Threads
Cite this Source
Missing and Inadequate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/inadequate/missing
Inadequate & Missing. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/inadequate/missing>.
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